well, my husband and I wanted a seaside dinner,by the water,and I remembered seeing this place at Tobay when we were on the Ocean Beach Pkwy one afternoon.We settled for the restaurant serving side.At 7:20p.m.there were approx. 5 tables with people at them.It hosts at least 30 tables. We wanted a table at the rail, closest to the water...which was available...but was "better" to hold for a 4-6 party,so we were told by the hostess. No busboys in sight to clear the table next to it ...a"good" table for 2-4.So, we waited,and waited,as the hostesses(2) did nothing,just looking at the table,as if it would CLEAR itself...at 7:40p.m. our table was READY. The view was great, the waiter,who also had worked at several of the Singh other restaurants, just couldn't cut it. When I asked the "market" price of the soft shell crabs,he said, "AROUND" $22.00,though he went into the kitchen to ask,he had to be asked again what the price was...he actually forgot,from the time he went into the kitchen ,till he walked out to our table! Now,$24.00....okay, fair enough. we went with that and an order of Cioppino over LINGUINI !.It was taking a long time...and there's no complimentary crudite or bread while you're waiting for dinner,so we ordered a soup to enjoy the sunset by. Well, though we asked the waiter,where the soup was,he assured us it was "on its way." We reminded him kindly,that we wanted it as an appetizer, so we watched him go by the soup,because you could see the black soup kettle sitting on the service bar,in plain sight,as he kept walking past it,never stopping to pour a soup and BRING IT TO THE TABLE ! Sure enough...he brings the hot soup at the same time as our hot dinners. So do you eat the soup and let the pasta ,which was spaghetti,NOT LINGUINI,which we were not told about( we would not have ordered the dish...we're just not spaghetti people,(linguini IS different)So we sent the soup back. It made an appearance as a "we're sorry for the mix up" 3 times. At the 3rd appearance, we were so bothered,that we said,"just leave it! No grated cheese for the Cioppino dish, no tartar sauce,or anything for the "way tooo fried soft shell crabs(I should have not taken the waiters advice,he said he didn't think the sauteed crabs were sauteed enough)Just a miserable experience...in fact ,when the manager came by,probably customarily,because the place was EMPTY by 8:30, to see if everything was alright...we just said,"yes".We just wanted to get out and go home.....NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! Oh yes, the best part....the "market"priced crabs,that we asked the price on ,twice.....$27.00 on the bill! Toooo expensive for 2 medium crabs....would NOT have ordered them either....in fact we probably would not have eaten there if we know ANYTHING!!!

well, my husband and I wanted a seaside dinner,by the water,and I remembered seeing this place at Tobay when we were on the Ocean Beach Pkwy one afternoon.We settled for the restaurant serving side.At 7:20p.m.there were approx. 5 tables with people at them.It hosts at least 30 tables. We wanted a table at the rail, closest to the water...which was available...but was "better" to hold for a 4-6 party,so we were told by the hostess. No busboys in sight to clear the table next to it ...a"good" table for 2-4.So, we waited,and waited,as the hostesses(2) did nothing,just looking at the table,as if it would CLEAR itself...at 7:40p.m. our table was READY. The view was great, the waiter,who also had worked at several of the Singh other restaurants, just couldn't cut it. When I asked the "market" price of the soft shell crabs,he said, "AROUND" $22.00,though he went into the kitchen to ask,he had to be asked again what the price was...he actually forgot,from the time he went into the kitchen ,till he walked out to our table! Now,$24.00....okay, fair enough. we went with that and an order of Cioppino over LINGUINI !.It was taking a long time...and there's no complimentary crudite or bread while you're waiting for dinner,so we ordered a soup to enjoy the sunset by. Well, though we asked the waiter,where the soup was,he assured us it was "on its way." We reminded him kindly,that we wanted it as an appetizer, so we watched him go by the soup,because you could see the black soup kettle sitting on the service bar,in plain sight,as he kept walking past it,never stopping to pour a soup and BRING IT TO THE TABLE ! Sure enough...he brings the hot soup at the same time as our hot dinners. So do you eat the soup and let the pasta ,which was spaghetti,NOT LINGUINI,which we were not told about( we would not have ordered the dish...we're just not spaghetti people,(linguini IS different)So we sent the soup back. It made an appearance as a "we're sorry for the mix up" 3 times. At the 3rd appearance, we were so bothered,that we said,"just leave it! No grated cheese for the Cioppino dish, no tartar sauce,or anything for the "way tooo fried soft shell crabs(I should have not taken the waiters advice,he said he didn't think the sauteed crabs were sauteed enough)Just a miserable experience...in fact ,when the manager came by,probably customarily,because the place was EMPTY by 8:30, to see if everything was alright...we just said,"yes".We just wanted to get out and go home.....NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! Oh yes, the best part....the "market"priced crabs,that we asked the price on ,twice.....$27.00 on the bill! Toooo expensive for 2 medium crabs....would NOT have ordered them either....in fact we probably would not have eaten there if we know ANYTHING!!!

I've never heard of Cioppino over pasta, but ok... No tartar sauce? You're lucky you didn't get the waiter's "special" sauce in your food after all of your nonsense.

Not too many recipes out there with cheese and fish. Although Mama Tap makes this stuffed sole with swiss and mushrooms on top that ain't bad, but you're right, it's just mush and you really don't taste any fish.

<quoted text>Not too many recipes out there with cheese and fish. Although Mama Tap makes this stuffed sole with swiss and mushrooms on top that ain't bad, but you're right, it's just mush and you really don't taste any fish.

I never been to Tobay, always went to either Jones, Point Lookout or even Fire Island.This sounds good, maybe ill have to take mrs inthecrapper out for a nice sunset meal :)

you have to live in the town of oyster bay to go there...or at least that's how it used to be. i think you can go to the shack after a certain time. don't forget to get extra cheese with your seafood stew.

Next time go to Stillwaters in Seaford for lunch in September... Nice Rib Eye, Soup, Vegatable, and a drink, about 30 dollars 2 people, plus it's outside... Also Crabby Amies down the road is OK for fried, also outside...

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